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Tristram Hillier R.A.
Selsey Bill
Estimate: 6.000 - 8.000 GBP
Price realised: 57.000 GBP
Price realised: 57.000 GBP
Description
Tristram Hillier R.A. (British, 1905-1983)
Selsey Bill
signed 'Hillier' (lower left)
oil on panel
22.6 x 35.6 cm. (8 7/8 x 14 in.)
Painted in 1945
With Arthur Tooth & Sons, London, 2 May 1948, where acquired by | Colonel F. Barker | Henry Luce III and Claire Booth Luce, thence by descent | Private Collection, Vermont, U.S.A.
Selsey Bill
signed 'Hillier' (lower left)
oil on panel
22.6 x 35.6 cm. (8 7/8 x 14 in.)
Painted in 1945
With Arthur Tooth & Sons, London, 2 May 1948, where acquired by | Colonel F. Barker | Henry Luce III and Claire Booth Luce, thence by descent | Private Collection, Vermont, U.S.A.
A top price for Tristram Hillier
The work Selsey Bill by Tristram Hillier was worth GBP 57,000.00 (€ 66,217.79) to a buyer in June last year. This price was achieved in the auction Modern British and Irish Art at Bonhams in London and exceeded the previously set upper estimate of GBP 8,000.00 many times over. This high result makes Selsey Bill the most expensive artwork by Tristram Hillier that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis für Tristram Hillier
Die Arbeit Selsey Bill von Tristram Hillier war einem Käufer im Juni letzten Jahres GBP 57.000,00 (€ 66.217,79) wert. Dieser Preise wurde in der Auktion Modern British and Irish Art bei Bonhams in London erzielt und übertraf den zuvor angesetzten oberen Schätzpreis von GBP 8.000,00 um ein Vielfaches. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht Selsey Bill zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Tristram Hillier, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.